TOOLS INTEGRATION INTEREST GROUP REPORT: SCENARIOS LEADING TOWARDS A CONCEPT OF OPERATIONS FOR AN INTEGRATED SYSTEMS ENGINEERING ENVIRONMENT

Abstract

ABSTRACTThe Tools Integration Interest Group (TIIG) is developing a Specification for an Integrated Systems Engineering Environment (ISEE) in response to the Corporate Advisory Board. To develop a system specification, one must understand the context in which the system will operate. Consequently, the TIIG is developing, in parallel, the Concepts of Operations for the Integrated Systems Engineering Environment. Initial efforts leading toward the development of the full Concepts of Operations document are defined in terms of two types of scenarios: tool‐oriented scenarios dealing with implementation issues and operation‐oriented scenarios dealing with the envisioned ISEE and how it enables systems engineers to work. This paper collects the initial seven scenarios which have been developed by members of the Tools Integration Interest Group. Five scenarios are tool‐oriented and deal with typical tool‐to‐tool data transfer procedures commonly used. Two scenarios are operations‐oriented and deal with user navigation within an integrated program database for systems engineers and the change control process for managing requirements and assessing the impact of requirements changes.